According to a Survey of the Top 10 Employers in a Major

question 121

Multiple Choice

According to a survey of the top 10 employers in a major city in the Midwest, a worker spends an average of 413 minutes a day on the job. Suppose the standard deviation is 26.8 minutes and the time spent is approximately a normal distribution. What are the times within which approximately 99.73 percent of all workers will fall?

• A) [305.8, 520.2]
• B) [386.2, 439.8]
• C) [372.8, 453.2]
• D) [359.4, 466.6]
• E) [332.6, 493.4]

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Definitions:

Thomas Robert Malthus

An English cleric and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography, best known for his theory that population growth will always tend to outrun the food supply.

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The specific hours during a day in which an employee is expected to conduct their work duties.